dire « tu »
\diʁ ty\
The verdict
“dire « tu »” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tutoyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dire-tu · dire « tu » · French
dire « tu » · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dire « tu » |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \diʁ ty\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dire « tu » » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dire « tu » is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \diʁ ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tutoyer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dire « tu » in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dire « tu », spelled D-I-R-E- -«- -T-U- -».
Definition
- 1Tutoyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dire « tu » appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maintenant qu’on se connaît, on peut se dire « tu » ?
« Dis-moi tu ; c’est à ton grand-père que tu parles, non plus à M. Vulfran. »
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.